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Category : Anthropometry
Languages : en
Pages : 374
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Human Biology in Oceania
Author: Human Biology in Oceania
Author: Tabulated Data from Human Biology in Oceania
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Category : Blood groups
Languages : en
Pages :
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Tabulated data which completes summarised data appearing in articles on human population genetics and blood groups in Papua New Guinea, published in the journal 'Human biology in Oceania.' The tables were compiled by various authors including P.B. Booth, R.W. Hornabrook and L.Y.C . Lai.
People of the Great Ocean
Author: Philip HoughtonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521471664
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Human settlement of the western fringes of the Pacific began at least 40,000 years ago. Long, hazardous sea voyages were the only way of reaching the tiny islands scattered through this vast expanse of ocean. Food and shelter were hard to come by, even on land. This book, first published in 1996, documents how these settlers adapted culturally and biologically to the distinctive Pacific environment, and how they evolved into the large-bodied, muscular people seen today in New Zealand, Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia. Philip Houghton considers studies of DNA, patterns of health and disease, and computer simulations of human survival at sea based on the likely routes through the Pacific. People of the Great Ocean is a unique work based on extensive research and careful analysis. Philip Houghton's text presents detailed technical information, but remains highly readable and persuasive.
Perspectives In Human Biology: Genes, Ethnicity And Ageing
Author: Linc H SchmittPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9814499390
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
This volume takes its subtitle from the theme of the ASHB meeting for 1994 “Genes, Ethnicity and Ageing”. The first paper is the annual conference lecture as delivered by the Honourable Fred Chaney, formerly Minister for Aboriginal Affairs in the Federal Government of Australia. It considers some of the difficulties in delivering government services to indigenous peoples. Jim Chisholm puts an evolutionary perspective on some aspects of human behaviour, life history and Darwinian approaches to medicine. Carol Bower reviews the value of the Western Australian Birth Defects Registry and the contributions of registries to improved health care. Alexandra Brewis and Gokarna Regmi document determinants of fertility in a Pacific Island population. There are two papers from a special symposium on Ageing and the Aged held within the meeting: George Broe and Helen Creasey consider some of the social issues associated with an ageing society, and Alan Hipkiss and colleagues take a biochemist's look at possibilities for extending the human life cycle.There are two additional papers. One by Alan Bittles documents consanguinity in the Middle East. The second, by Tsunehiko Hanihara and Hajime Ishida describes the results of their studies of Australian Aboriginals and neighbouring populations.“Understanding Ageing”, by Robin Holliday, Cambridge University Press is reviewed by Anne Mitchell.
Perspectives In Human Biology: Humans In The Australasian Region
Author: Emily RoushamPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 981449786X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
This volume takes its subtitle from the theme of the ASHB meeting for 1995 “Humans in the Australasian Region”. Papers from the conference include a philosophical discussion of the ‘Great Ape Project’ by Colin Groves, and ‘An Osteological study of Holocene Biological Evolution of the Malay Peninsula Aborigines’ by David Bulbeck. In the short communications section, Colin Groves considers the hominid and faunal material of the Australia-New Guinea region which may explain the failure of Homo erectus to colonize Australia.Additional papers are from Peter Lisowski who provides a historical and contemporary overview of health care in China, Lincoln Schmitt who discusses the interpretation of DNA variation in the legal setting, and Charles Oxnard and Alanah Buck who present their work on techniques of assessing osteoporosis from non-invasive Fourier analyses of bone structure.The Evolution of Modern Diversity: a Study of Cranial Variation, by Marta Mirazon Lahr, is reviewed by Leonard Freedman.
Evolution, Form and Geography
Author: Perspectives in Human Biology
Author: Australasian Society for Human Biology. ConferencePublisher:
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Category : Human biology
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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Population Structure and Human Variation
Author: G. A. HarrisonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521213998
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
This volume is a collection of eleven studies conducted during the International Biological Programme on the biological structure of human populations.
The Human Biology of Aborigines in Cape York
Author: Robert Lewis KirkPublisher: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Based on the presentations at a one-day symposium on The human biology of Aborigines in Cape York, held in the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Canberra, on 24 May, 1972.